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Awareness of African hospital
A DOCUMENTARY maker has produced a video to raise awareness of an African nation’s first bike marathon in aid two children’s charities.
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Emerging donors chip away at aid industry's status quo
Jan 26 (AlertNet) - Where most expat aid workers fear to tread in Mogadishu, recently arrived Turkish aid workers have been driving in the streets, swimming in the sea and praying in local mosques. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan visited Somalia in August, the first head of a non-African state to do so for nearly 20 years. The Turks have since opened an embassy, started work on the ...
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Oxfam launches emerging market small business fund
LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Aid agency Oxfam haslaunched a new fund aimed at helping small-and-medium sizedenterprises (SMEs) in developing countries, in conjunction withasset management company Symbiotics. ...
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Insight: Africa "black diamond" spenders show their luster
JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI (Reuters)- With a taste for Jimmy Choo shoes and Hermes handbags, Choice Okoro's idea of shopping is a world away from her mother's.
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Asians in Britain
A new learning resource, Asians in Britain[1] produced by the British Library[2], explores the contribution that South Asians have made to Britain's cultural, social and economic life.
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Traidcraft helping African farmers cope with climate change
A TYNESIDE charity is rallying round to help small-scale African farmers cope with the devastating effects of changing climate.
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'In 10 years' time, Ghana may not require any aid at all'
Ghana is one of Africa's great successes – a stable and thriving country that is testament to the impact of aid. As pressure on these budgets grows, Observer editor John Mulholland travels to the country to assess its progress Early last Sunday morning on a plane ride from the Ghanaian capital, Accra, to the northern town of Tamale, Jeffrey Sachs – director of the Earth Institute research group ...
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Overseas aid: why the west gains from investing in Africa's future | Observer editorial
Transparency and tangible results are the best weapons with which to engage the aid sceptics It is no great surprise at a time of domestic economic strain that the British government's overseas aid programme should come under increased scrutiny. And it is right that critics of the UK's aid programme should demand greater transparency about where the money is going and what the outcomes are. Aid ...
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The world 'dithered while thousands died in Africa'
Thousands of lives and millions of pounds were lost because of a 'dangerous delay' in the response to the East Africa famine, a report claimed today.
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UK to protect 140 million from neglected tropical diseases
Britain will supply more than four treatments every second for people in the developing world for the next four years as part of a global push to help eliminate infectious tropical diseases, International Development Minister Stephen O’Brien announced today.
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Out of Africa
MAKING a difference to a Gambian community and experiencing a different culture has been the aim of a recent trip by a group of young people from Copeland and Allerdale.
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New Year Honours 2012: full list of recipients
Here is a full list of recipients of the New Year Honours 2012.
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North East News: Washington couple’s mission to build a hospital in Africa
A DOCTOR and his wife are on a mission to raise more than £750,000 to build a hospital in one of the poorest countries in the world.
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